If the Nagariel people knew Lynch's stance at this moment, tears of emotion would certainly stream down their faces.

From the outside world, the United Development Company seems to be a monolithic entity, a colossal juggernaut formed by all those enterprises and consortiums of the Federation, and should be invincible.

Invincible it may be, but internally it is not truly unified. To put it simply, there are two main camps within the United Development Company.

The first camp comprises people like Lynch, who advocate for a relatively moderate "governance process" without forming high-intensity confrontation with the Nagariel natives, instead profiting through other means such as cultivating markets.

This mainly refers to their attitude towards the Nagariel natives, which is gentle. No matter what they ultimately do, they do not wish for tension in the situation.

But there is another group of people who hold different views; these individuals often deal in resource-based businesses and do not need the recognition of Nagariel society, such as Mr. Pato.

Their aim is unrestrained and unplanned frenzied excavation of Nagariel's underground natural resources, then converting these resources into money to put in their own pockets.

The natives' attitude towards them does not affect their specific profits, and they even advocate for a strong stance against the natives, so they can secretly capture slaves locally and throw them into the mines to create wealth for them.

Those natives are seen by them as consumables; people do not care if consumables are obedient or easy to handle because when you feel he is disobedient or not easy to handle, giving him fifteen bullets to send him to see their deity is fine—the price of bullets is quite cheap when bought in large quantities.

Dispose of the unmanageable consumables and replace them with manageable ones, doing the most with the least amount of money.

In the Federation, if a mining accident occurs, it might push a resource company to the brink of bankruptcy due to various indemnities, compensations, and fines for safety accidents, wishing the dead was themselves.

But here, no one cares how many natives die.

Attitudes towards the natives have split into two camps, and the latter seems more urgent in hoping for confrontation. Once confrontation occurs, they can quickly start suppressing those unruly natives, turning them into slaves by way of "punishment."

Some people advocate for this privately, spreading little rumors, advocating not to show kindness to the natives and force them to tear their faces first.

If no one steps in to stop it, this decision might quickly be passed at the board meeting in the first quarter of the new year.

Therefore, Lynch needs someone to stand up and help him say a few words. Even if they cannot clearly stand on his side, they should at least maintain a neutral attitude and drag it out.

Once the labor export opportunity matures and people see profits, they'll understand that actually, a native's life is worth more than a Federation person's.

Hiring a Federation person might result in losses, but hiring a Nagariel person won't. There's no need to pay for various insurances, no Workers' Union constraints, no various labor laws to protect the cheap Nagariel labor. That's what's truly profitable.

To prevent the United Development Company's stance from changing, Lynch is genuinely worried. If the Nagariel people knew, they might give him a medal or something, thanking him for everything he's done for the Nagariel people.

Mr. Wardrick pondered for a while; he felt Lynch had persuaded him, as for him and his consortium, they would do anything as long as it profits.

So why not do something a bit more lucrative, just like Lynch said, sell the labor at a good price, cultivate the market, and drain people's savings. This is a great idea, and the old men on the board would like it too.

"I will try to stand by your side on this matter, but your time is limited. If you can't produce dazzling results within a year, it shows that your ideas still have problems."

Mr. Wardrick made a decision he believed was most appropriate. If Lynch couldn't figure it out within a year, the board wouldn't continue to let others profit while they gain nothing.

"A year is plenty of time!" Actually, just half a year would suffice, but Lynch didn't say it; he needed more buffer time.

At this point, the biggest problem was solved, and Mr. Wardrick's curiosity overflowed again, "If you manage to export Nagariel labor as you said, how do you plan to do it?"

The foundation of labor export is these people are willing to work, and at the same time, they are honest, obedient to Lynch's company. They must be docile and willing to accept oppression and exploitation, which is actually not easy to achieve.

If those exported laborers are not docile, they might resist, or flee once abroad, which would cause Lynch great trouble, wasting his time, energy, money, and connections whether managing them or capturing the escapees.

The exporting authority would certainly not want to see a group of dangerous, undocumented individuals running around everywhere.

They must be tamed first, then exported.

Lynch pondered a bit and decided to share a bit of his profit-making method with Mr. Wardrick, as he had already provided great assistance, a proper sharing was necessary.

"Gafura people will pay for these laborers!"

Mr. Wardrick was stunned for a moment before saying, "Are you planning to send them to the Amelia Region?"

Mr. Wardrick had known about Lynch supporting the resistance organizations in Amelia before. He later supported two resistance organizations himself; it was actually easier than imagined to do such things, without any so-called moral guilt.

Moreover, everyone believes that if one day the Federation faced similar problems, Gafura people would undoubtedly support numerous resistance organizations to oppose the Federation's governance, so no one bears any psychological burden.

Of course, he also knows Lynch has been advocating for resolving conflicts with Gafura and striving to seize some orders from Gafura merchants.

Yet he was entirely unprepared for Lynch to plan to send these Nagariel natives to the Amelia Region to work for Gafura people.

But, I must say, it's a fantastic idea!

The arrogant Gafura people won't become kind hearts indulging the Nagariel natives; external pressure favors managing these natives. Emperor Gafura urgently wants to solve the security and stability issues in the Amelia Region; numerous honest, docile, and easily managed Nagariel natives filling this area would also benefit strengthening local control.

In a region with ten Gafura people and one hundred Amelia people, the Amelia people are mainstream, and among them, over half are resisting Gafura's rule, resistance is mainstream.

But if several hundred or even thousands of Nagariel people enter this region, only the fifty rebels' forces will no longer be mainstream, social mainstream becomes stability!

Thus, undoubtedly, Gafura people will agree to Lynch's idea and pay a large commission for it. This kid is a bloody genius!

Wardrick's eyes began to shine; the board's old men would surely like this stable, profitable business, concentrating power more in his hands, ensuring no opposition at the United Development Company's meeting.

After wrapping up this topic, they naturally talked about the recent state election and the presidential election not long after.

It's unavoidable not to mention such matters; the entire federation is discussing state elections as the appetizer before the presidential election had already become the wind vane during presidential campaigns.

This year's state election is largely unmistakable, except for those states belonging to the Conservative Party's stronghold, the Progressive Party's candidates have exceedingly high victory rates elsewhere.

This trend is evident in the scale of spending in this year's state election; it is known that during the last state elections, both parties were eager to spend, willing to violate some laws for potent publicity, striving to create enough influence—according to the Federation's laws, content, scope, duration, and means of publicity can't exceed certain limits; surpassing them leads to fines.

But nobody cares about these lines; fines are mere money, and there was an abundance of nouveau riches back then.

Large numbers of financial tycoons were desperate to seek proper political spokespersons to aid their entrance into high society. Supporting the gubernatorial elections was a worthy route; as long as their endorsed governor won, they had something to boast about.

Being a "successful state election sponsor," just based on this title, opened many circles' doors, thus both parties crazily splurged money, ironically reflecting the current year's depression.

If not for the attempt to avoid overly discouraging performance that impacts voter support rates, the Conservative Party likely wouldn't bother participating; knowing certain defeat, why waste time, money, and effort?

"Our President is highly likely to sweep the elections!" Mr. Wardrick says it with a certain pleasure.

Actually, both the Conservative Party and the Progressive Party don't differ much to these big consortiums, but the current President is obviously more aggressive, aligning with the consortiums' overseas expansion ideas.

With naval protection, they can also attempt the wild growth like Gafura merchants, this is an excellent opportunity.

Lynch agrees, discussing enthusiastically the wonderful prospects after the President wins, though he deliberately conceals his true thoughts, not letting Mr. Wardrick notice.

Ten years, now that's not a short tenure; even if he does nothing, his influence reaches its peak in the final term.

The following President might also strive in this direction, seeking more terms, even initiating war for it.

Of course, to Lynch and Mr. Wardrick, it's all irrelevant, for regardless they will be beneficiaries!

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